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The head of ChatGPT was “surprised” by how much people were attached to GPT-4o.

OpenAI’s upgrade to the “much less sycophantic” GPT-5 was rough enough that the company quickly reopened the doors to old GPT-4o models.

Talking to Alex Heath on Decoder, ChatGPT head Nick Turley explains his view on the switch and the feedback the company received.

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